"Ἰαω" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /i.a.o/, /i.a.o/, /i.a.o/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /i.a.o/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /i.a.o/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i.a.o/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan), /ja.(h)o/ [Greek, Jewish, Koine] Forms: Iaō [romanization]
Etymology: From Aramaic יהו (“YHW”), related to Biblical Hebrew יהוה (YHWH). In written use by Hellenistic Jews in the Septuagint before the Christian era, when it became standard to substitute Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”). It is unclear whether the Greek term initially represented Iaō or Iahō; the former persisted among Jews and Christians into late antiquity. In the 4th century CE Jerome, who translated the Latin Vulgate Bible from Hebrew and Greek, mentions both Iaoh and Iaho or Jaho, the latter matching the transliteration of Aramaic-Hebrew יהו. The contracted form Ἰά (Iá) mirrors Hebrew יָהּ (yāh) and Classical Syriac ܝܰܗ/ܝܲܗ (yah). Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|arc|יהו|t=YHW}} Aramaic יהו (“YHW”), {{der|grc|hbo|יהוה|tr=YHWH}} Biblical Hebrew יהוה (YHWH), {{m|grc|κύριος|Κύριος|Lord}} Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”), {{m|la|Iaho}} Iaho, {{m|la|Jaho}} Jaho, {{m|he|יהו}} יהו, {{m|grc|Ἰά}} Ἰά (Iá), {{cog|he|יָהּ|tr=yāh}} Hebrew יָהּ (yāh), {{cog|syc|ܝܰܗ}} Classical Syriac ܝܰܗ, {{m|syc|ܝܲܗ|tr=yah}} ܝܲܗ (yah) Head templates: {{head|grc|proper noun}} Ἰαω • (Iaō)
  1. (Koine) Yahweh; the Tetragrammaton YHWH Tags: Koine
    Sense id: en-Ἰαω-grc-name-M-WNYiI5 Categories (other): Koine Greek
  2. Dionysus, based on conflation between the epithet Sabaoth and the Phrygian god of wine Sabazios.
    Sense id: en-Ἰαω-grc-name-Dw3BtUtC Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ἰάω (Iáō), Ἰαῶ (Iaô) Related terms: Ἀϊά (Aïá), Ἰά (Iá), Ἰαβαί (alt: Iabaí /⁠Yahvaí⁠/), Ἰάβε (alt: Iábe /⁠Yáhve⁠/), Ἰαού (alt: Iaoú /⁠Yahú⁠/), Ἰαουέ (alt: Iaoué /⁠Yahwé⁠/), Ἰαωθ (Iaōth), ΠΙΠΙ (PIPI)

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  "word": "Ἰαω"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.